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Call for Photos | Topic

HISTORY is proud to join the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund’s (VVMF) Call for Photos, a nationwide campaign to collect a photograph for each of the 58,272 men and women whose names are inscribed on The Wall.

The Trinity Test | Topic

On July 16, 1945, scientists from the top-secret nuclear development program known as the Manhattan Project exploded the first atomic bomb at the Trinity test site at Alamogordo, New Mexico.

Yalta Conference | Topic

The Yalta Conference called for Germany's unconditional surrender at the end of World War II.

R.W. Sears | Topic

Richard Warren Sears was an American merchant who developed his mail-order jewelry business into the huge retail company Sears, Roebuck.

1918 Flu Pandemic | Topic

The flu or influenza pandemic of 1918 to 1919, the deadliest in modern history, infected an estimated 500 million people worldwide and killed some 20 million to 50 million.

Vietnamization | Topic

In 1969, U.S. President Richard Nixon (1913-94) introduced a new strategy called Vietnamization aimed at ending American involvement in the Vietnam War (1954-75) by transferring all military responsibilities to South Vietnam.

Silk Road | Topic

The Silk Road, also called the Silk Route, was an ancient trade route that, linking China with the West, carried goods and ideas between the two great civilizations of Rome and China.

Gay Rights Movement | Topic

civil rights movement that advocates equal rights for gay men, lesbians, bisexuals, and transsexuals; seeks to eliminate sodomy laws barring homosexual acts between consenting adults; and calls for an end to discrimination against gay men and…

Ancient Greece | Topic

Between 800 and 500 B.C., Greek city-states spread from the Mediterranean to Asia Minor and from North Africa to the Black Sea.

Hanukkah | Topic

A Jewish holiday, Hanukkah celebrates the rededication of the Second Temple in Jerusalem in the second century B.C.

Veterans Hub | Topic

Ancient Greek Democracy | Topic

Although it lasted only two centuries, Athenian democracy would become one of ancient Greece's most enduring contributions to the modern world.

1840 Election | Topic

The election of 1840 has been called the first modern political campaign because of the way image and merchandising were employed.

Stock Market Crash of 1929 | Topic

The 1929 Stock Market Crash, also called the Great Crash was a sharp decline in U.S. stock market values in 1929 that contributed to the Great Depression of the 1930s

Benjamin Franklin | Topic

One of the most renowned figures in American history, Benjamin Franklin was a statesman, publisher, author, scientist, inventor and diplomat.

Battle of Chickamauga | Topic

In September 1863, Confederate troops led by Braxton Bragg defeated a Union force along Georgia's Chickamauga Creek.

Memorial Day | Topic

Memorial Day, observed the last Monday of May, honors men and women who died while serving in the American military.

9/11: Ten Years Later | Topic

Explore videos, interactives, photo galleries, articles and audio clips relating to 9/11 attacks in New York, Washington, D.C. and Pennsylvania.

First Battle of Bull Run (Manassas) | Topic

The First Battle of Bull Run (or Manassas), fought on July 21, 1861, was the first major engagement of the Civil War.

D-Day | Topic

On June 6, 1944, known as D-Day, the Allies invaded Normandy, France, in the largest amphibious assault in history.

Mohandas Gandhi | Topic

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi is remembered for his nonviolent methods of effecting social and political change.

Hieroglyphic Writing | Topic

a system that employs characters in the form of pictures. These individual signs, called hieroglyphs, may be read either as pictures, as symbols for pictures, or as symbols for sounds.

Niagara Movement | Topic

(1905–10), organization of black intellectuals led by W.E.B. Du Bois and calling for full political, civil, and social rights for black Americans.

1860 Election | Topic

The 1860 election of Abraham Lincoln contributed to the secession of the Southern states and the outbreak of the Civil War.

Armenian Genocide | Topic

Between 1915 and 1922, the majority of the Armenian population was forcibly expelled from the Ottoman Empire under orders from Turkish government leaders, and some 1.

Peninsula Campaign | Topic

In mid-1862, George McClellan led Union troops in a failed offensive toward Richmond in the Peninsula Campaign.